What is the best way to extract the first word from a string in Java?

Question

Trying to write a short method so that I can parse a string and extract the first word. I have been looking for the best way to do this.

I assume I would use s

Answer 1

You can use String.split with a limit of 2.

    String s = "Hello World, I'm the rest.";
    String[] result = s.split(" ", 2);
    String first = result[0];
    String rest = result[1];
    System.out.println("First: " + first);
    System.out.println("Rest: " + rest);

    // prints =>
    // First: Hello
    // Rest: World, I'm the rest.

• API docs for: split